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>> these homeowners paid between $4,000 and 10,000ses today join others in a lawsuit against the banks. harris says those targeted were angry, and felt victimized by loan agencies for their unfair lending practices. >> they suggested that by joining this lawsuit, the bank woz have to pay. but the only people who paid were homeowners who were victimized for the second time. >> here is what the lawyers promised these homeowners, relief from an imminent foreclosure, interest rates as low as 2%, monetary damages and a reduction of the principle. the three firms are involved. and all are in southern california. kramer and caslow claims to have an office in the mission district in this building. instead we found another firm, loss mitigations meant to help with foreclosures, no one
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answered. we called and only got an answering service. the attorney general's office yesterday rated mitchell stein law offices in southern california. all three firms have been shut down and assets frozen. harris says 2500 people in california alone gave these lawyers money. that number is expected to increase because solicitation letters were sent out to homeowners in 16 other states. the state bar now says they will begin assessing cases and may refer them to other lawyer autos we'll get their files and will fot fi -- notify them and try to make a determination as to whether or not they ought to stay in this case or whether they need to find another lawyer. >> and then, we'll get good lawyers to handle the case. >> anyone who was in contact with these firms should call the state bar. now, according to one investigation, as of march, homeowners had paid a total of $7 million to these firms, and
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cheryl, that will increase as this investigation continues. >> thank you very much. and the stock markets took another big plunge today. but experts say this is no time to panic. the dow jones industrials fell 300, 400, more than 500 points in the first half hour. and ended the day below 11,000, 419 points in the red. investors spooked by a report we're close to falling into a double dip recession. on the san francisco floor of the new york stock exchange, one insider said sit tight or buy. >> in the long term, three years from now this will have been a buying opportunity. but are we at the bottom now? no. we're -- where do we stop the halt? where does the market down turn stop? nobody knows that. >> david louie looks into when markets might settle down coming up coming up at 6:30. >> also today m a special weak
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report on home sales, sales fell down 3.5% in july. and the number of people applying for unemployment rose above 400,000 mark again. the average is at the lowest level since april. in dublin a big housing developer put hundreds of people to work there. >> this is a sweet sound of employment. something mark anderson has been waiting to hear. >> i was out of work, waiting for a job. my union would give me a call to come to work. >> the call finally came on monday. now, what comes next for this apprentice construction worker will be a much-needed paycheck. >> it means everything. like a life safer. >> that life preserver came in the form of a 24 acre housing development built by kabee homes it means it's back to
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work. >> going to create 800 jobs during this project that. is a lot to say in this period of our history. money is so tight. unemployment is high. >> this new community of nearly 400 homes is doing more than providing jobs. but a development finally opened, half houses will be sold at market rate. the other half will be low income apartments for families and senior autos this is a tremendous impact for the city. >> the mayor says the long term impact stretches far beyond these plots of land. >> roof top leads to more economic development. other jobs want to locate here there, is a place for workers to work. >> today it's a silver lining in an otherwise bleak economy but that means tomorrow's uncertainty for home builders like anderson when construction jobs go away. >> stretching it like my superintendent said for the first job, we stay in crystal
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houses. you never know when it's going to break. >> in dublin, abc 7 news. >> and the number of families turning to food panries for help is increasing in this economy. the monument crisis center is one agency providing that service, and it is celebrating an important anniversary. laura anthony joins us now to explain. laura? >> this is an age anniversary party for an organization that started very small, but then grew tremendously. to meet exploding needs of the community it served. when the monument crisis center opened, executive director never imagined it would grow like it has. >> when we started it was small. you know? 84 families, now, it's 9500 families. >> in many ways that growth is a sign of the bad economic times, but also, an example of the center commitment to serving needs of the local community. a chef laid off says says the
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center helped him in many ways. >> these people are helping me to give me a job. and also, helping me with food for the family. >> norel is a service provider for another local nonprofit, using this service to help clients. she says that the population in need has evolved over the years. >> it's changed because of the economy. and because of, you know, i guess the crisis with, you know struggles for people to make it now with income. >> we're expecting things according to what is on the list. >> the center won't be what it is today without dedication of the staff and countless volunteer who's looked here throughout the years. >> just want to help people to get fed and clothed and whatever the need is, i wanted to help provide it, here. >> who else is going do it? if the people who have cannot help the people who have not, we're a very sad, unfortunate world, i think.
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>> i was 10 years old. >> naomi was a first volunteer in 2003. she began translating for spanish speaking clients. >> i love the center. i love helping here. the things you learn, the people you meet. just, so many great things here. >> now, the center has grown so much over the years they're not looking for a larger facility. as for what she hopes for, the director told me she was looking forward to a time when number of helpers and volunteers exceeds the number of people who need help. in concord, abc 7 news. >> thank you, laura. two day standoff with an armed man is finally over. the suspect, peter james thomas was found dead this morning. his girlfriend who was there with him is safe. she's being questioned by police tonight. and police say thomas fired shots across interstate 580 yesterday, forcing closure of the richmond bridge for a
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time. a one-mile stretch remains shut down until this morning, and police dropped a metal plate in front of the room window to keep him from shooting toward the freeway. they installed surveillance cameras. >> these cameras were used by cutting holes inside of the walls from other rooms. and then, the cameras are put through the hole nootz room. and then can be watched. >> and after checking cameras police determined thomas was dead. they won't say how he died but do say no gunshots were exchanged. thomas was wanted for shop lifting and stabbing two grocery store clerks. >> there is new moves to stop presidents of cal state universities from getting pay raises while students get higher tuition fees. >> just as csu students are gearing up for fall, a new proposal out of sacramento limits how campus presidents are selected and how much
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they're paid. the plan after trustees approved hiring of the head of san diego state from an east coast school at $100,000 more than his predecessor and raised tuition 12%. >> clearly a portion of the tuition fee hikes are being used for that person's salary. during these lean budget times, it's the wrong thing to do. >> state senator's bill limits the pay of campus presidents to $343,000 a year, 150% of the salary pay the chief justice of the california supreme court. no raises or bonuses would be allowed if a tuition hike occurred within three years and internal candidates must have be given preference for the job. csu had no comment, because a new committee is investigating presidential pay, and selection practices. but in the past, administrators said they need to pay well to be able to recruit the best. the salary cap proposal is
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popular among students who have been profitesting hikes over the years. at this rally saying it's raining debt because of the loans they've had to take out to afford a college education this, year's $5500 price tag is too much for n sm. >> a lot of my friends zront a financial aid, or can't pay for it, like, they're seniors as well. they dropped out, it's sad. >> you have to think about student perspective. what families are going through, too. >> the bill does not apply to uc. legislature has very little control over it. the uc president announced $140 million in merit raises for faculty and nonunion staff to keep them from leaving. uc students are paying 10% more in tuition, this year. >> and there is more still to come tonight. just ahead from 7 on your side's michael finney a new policy on smoke alarms, ones you have in your home might
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not meet new standards. >> and a look at 9 grow -- the growing crisis feeling anxiety for syrians in the bay area. >> and the big bay area cool down in the accu-weather forecast. >> from silicon valley tonight a computer chip can think on its own this, is your brain, cccccccxoxxxxxxxyyçoçoçoçoço÷
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>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. 7 on your side learned the state fire marshal will release recommendation that's could force anyone selling a home and landlords to install a new type of smoke alarm.
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>> this is really a big deal. financially, and safety wise. a new smoke detector, if adopted would cost $6 to 10 sdzs more per alarm than most are paying now. some say that is a small price to pay to save lives. palo alto's acting fire marshal tests fire alarms he'll be using for an important demonstration. the four different alarms have been set up inside of the fire department's training center. >> 90% of the smoke alarms are ion saigs. >> these alarms scent out smoke with an electric current. some believe they're overly sensitive and other times, too slow to detect smoke. in sacramento, some cities have moved to phase them out. last year, the city of albany became the first to adopt the new policy. >> the ordinance says basically outlawing ion saigs
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smoke alarms and replacing them with the new, photo electric time. >> the common ionization alarms go off when people cook. >> people take batteries out. >> we asked a fire department to help us put various types of alarms to the test. photo electric alarms used a beam of light to detect smoke. the common alarms use an electric current. micro processor alarms combine both, using computer technology. and this is photo electric and ionization in a single unit. using materials from a sofa, the fire fighters create smoke. it took less than 30 seconds for the first alarm to go off. >> you can start to see some of the smoke coming out here. so... all right. that is our first alarm right there. the dual sensor was the first that activated. again that is were you have
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the best range of detection so that is what really provides the best protection for the family. the dual sensor alarm it wasn't long after, the micro processor alarm sounded. >> there is two smoke alarms have gone off so far. >> remaining two alarms sounded less than a minute later. firefighters conducted a second demonstration, setting a slorks simmering fire. >> so photo electric and dual sensor alarm will go off sooner. now we've got the photo ion alarms start noug. >> both photo electric and dual alarm went off simultaneously. seven minutes later, other alarms had yet to go off. >> we're seeing it here. that this type of slow growing fire is very challenging for an ionization sensor.
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>> now, one of them went off. >> now there is a new technology out there. and we, as fire servers should get that newer technology into homes. >> there are 16 recommendations tomorrow, it could take up to two years to turn it into regulations. but both albany and palo alto say you don't have to wait. both stress smoke alarms need to be changed every 10 years and now would be a good time to switch to a form of photo electric alarm. you saw the test. >> and san jose city officials are playing hard ball with employees striking at city waste water plants. according to our media partner officials are citing health and safety reasons for vowing to take steps to get employees back to work. the plant serves san jose and sempb other cities. employees walked off the job in support of a union protest.
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>> take a look outside. more crazy weather. spencer is going talk about dust storms. >> big dust storms in the phoenix area, early this summer we saw a couple dust storms develop there. there is some video of the winds gusting nearly 60 miles per hour. and blowing dust is believed to be been responsible for several highway accidents. we have reports of trees being knocked down and roof blown off a house there. has been a lot of thunderstorm activity in that area. this is the monsoon season in arizona. you can see there is still a lot of thunderstorm activity in eastward direction now between phoenix and tucson. high temperatures in phoenix today 112 degrees and now, it's still 107, winds in phoenix now just out of the west at eight miles per hour. in areas of thunderstorms, winds are stronger, visibility in phoenix at about 10 miles per hour so it's getting better.
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and this afternoon, satellite close up low clouds and fog on the coastline. cooling onshore breeze, cool conditions near the coast. and high temperatures gusting at 97 today at clear lake. 86 clover. 81 santa rosa. 89 in concord, lots of warmth inland. 92 antioch. 88 livermore. current readings, it's cooling down. still warm inland east bay. 89 now in antioch. 83 in concord. 66 in oakland. 57 here in san francisco. highlights, low clouds, fog continuing to push inland tonight. far inland as a matter of fact. cooling, cooler, i should say, in areas tomorrow, cooling, too. temperatures will rebound next week. overnight tonight, starting at 11:00, watch low clouds and fog push far into inland areas. and by 5:00 in the morning, we'll see cloudy conditions
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over much of the bay area, and overnight lows, in fact, similar range to what we've seen last several weeks, mainly mid and low 50s in the north bay. pull back to give you a view, you can see a little trough digging south ward there. we'll have cooler days this weekend. and the marine air continues to flow from a center of low pressure inland, dropping temperatures below average. tomorrow's highs into mid to upper 70s for the most part. on the peninsula, upper 60s to low 70s and only 50s on the coast. downtown will have a high of 63 tomorrow. 58 in the sunset district. north bay highs of 77 in santa rosa. 76 in novato. near east bay highs, 66 in oakland, 69 newark, inland east bay warmer than near east bay. but not as warm as today. upper 70s to low 80s, here is
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the accu-weather forecast. inland highs tomorrow, saturday, will be reaching into low to mid-80s, lower to mid-70s around the bay. we'll warm up on sunday, and by mid week next week, we'll be in a more seasonal range of 90 degrees in warmest inland locations. >> spencer, thank you. >> stay with us tonight for a grown up version of the muppets. >> it's an adults-only presentation taking you behind a good night's sleep.
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california's attorney general may look into this week's hacking of the bart police officers web site, hackers claiming to belong to the group anonymous posted names addresses and pass words of 102 bart police officers. the attorney general says she's not sure if her office will investigate but added she's concerned about the privacy and safety of police officers. >> they do very difficult work, and they should be in their families, should be protected and we should do everything and make sure they're safe, not exposed to any harm. and that certainly is something that concerns me. >> the fbi is already investigating the hacking. the perpetrators say this was in retaliation for the decision to block cell phone service to prevent a protest at the civic center station. >> and a victory for disabled east bay auto workers today. numi agrowed to pay $6 million to settle a lawsuit resulting
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from complaints that the company violated federal law that involved denying severance benefits to employees on medical leave. >> my initial reaction was i can't believe they'd treat us like this after all of the work we've put into that place. and just be denied and treated like, you know, people that work there, for one year got more money than we did. i just don't -- i felt at this point it was like who does that? a spokesman for numi tells abc 7 plaintiffs were upset with bonuses stemming from a program put in place during last months prof dux and says, quote, we believe the program was entirely just and fair, we're pleased to reach a conclusion of the litigation. end quote. >> and still, coming up at 6:30 the ups and downs of wall street. we can't give you an exact date but can tell you when markets should start to settle down. >> growing unrest in the middle east. sanks imposed on syria today
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increase in jobless claims, and slightly higher inflation. economists gathered for a meeting, did not seem overly concerned by the volatility in the market. chris thornberg serves as an economic advisor for state controller's office. >> we're seeing a necessary correction for a market that was way ahead of the real economy. that is expected to see better number autos selloff fever gripped european markets. there, like here a big concern is mounting debt and deficit spending. us us and greece are debating how to cut spending and whether to raise taxes. >> once new policies are going to be implemented and hopefully, significant in resolving these problems, volatility is going to be reduced and we're going to see a more sustainable, stable growth. >> economists say the market melt down ignores positive news, such as california's 20%
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increase in exports in june. investment advisors acknowledge plunging stock prices make people upset. >> when these days come, sure. they don't feel g nobody likes them. but they aren't panicking either. they know it's part of a long term strategy. >> still, it may impact consumer spending. >> another important gauge of sentiment is where money is going after stocks are sold. if we're seeing a shift to gold and bonds. in san jose, abc 7 news. >> and hewlett-packard said today it plans to spin off the computer manufacturing business and stop making smart phones and tablets aum together. hp is the biggest maker of pcs and printers. officials confirm they're in talks with a british software company, whose u.s. head quarters in san francisco. hp plans to stop production of the touch pad tablet after just five weeks on the market.
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hp is hoping to trance form into a technology services company like ibm has. hp stock was down 6% today after lowering revenue forecast for the remainder of the year. >> more money matters, weak results tonight for the gap, the nation's large yoflt clothing chaing chain today reported a 19% drop in profits, sales are up slightly but so are production costs and despite discounting people just aren't buying their clothes. the price of gold reached a record high of $1800 an ounce. oil prices went the other way, down $5. and aig, the giant insurance company paid back another $2 billion in bailout funds, leaving the balance of roughly $51 kbrinl, but aig still ows the government. general motors confirmed the cadillac elr expected out in a
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couple years. >> the united states is joining nations calling for syria's president to step down. the obama administration is imposing tough new sanctions aimed at choking off syrian oil and gas revenues. mark matthews is here with the announcement and reaction from a divided syrian community here in the bay area. >> there is a lot of fear in syria and in the syrian community here in the bay area. fear in syria of the president and his murderous efforts to remain in power and fear of what might replace him if he's forced out. the brutal crack down on antigovernment protestors, finally, the u.s. issued an ultimatum. >> transition to democracy in syria has begun. and it's time for assad to get out of the way. >> the u.s. joins leaders of france, germany, and britain and european union for calling for him to go. washington resisted, much to the frustration of
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pro-democracy syrian americans like dr. rami. >> i think it's clear cut that the regime was not going to transition peacefully. i think they made that very clear early on. >> he was raise in a muslim family, telling me syrian americans are generally united against him, but in a san francisco armenian church, he tells me christian syrians are worried. >> what i'm hearing from my brother is that there are people with guns from people interfering and also, regime is doing really brutality in stopping all of this violence that is happening. >> he stresses his condemnation of the violence, but adds, the regime protected the syrian christian minority, and christians are worried if he leaves syria could become an islamic state. >> we don't know who is the opposition. still, we don't know who is the opposition. do we see any persons or any
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demands from the opposition? the only thing they're saying you're out. >> dr. bayloi resist autos i will agree to that, many protestors out there say the slogan, that slogan is kurdish, muslim, christian, we are one. >> this saturday, the free syria association is holding a rally in support of a pro-democracy regime change in syria. it's scheduled for 4:00 p.m. in union square. cheryl? >> mark, thank you very much. and president obama left the white house today for his august vacation. the president arrived this afternoon at martha's vineyard in massachusetts, greeted by supporters. the 10-day vacation is just getting started and criticism is already underway. the republican party released these postcards mocking the president's decision to take a lavish vacation during an economic crisis.
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pointing out the president is never really on vacation, and the unveiling a plan for spending and tax cuts after labor day. >> and pope benedict addressed the economic crisis in europe today arriving in spain where the unemployment rate is 20%, the highest in europe, denouncing greedy profit at all cost mentality he says is responsible for you are europe's economic woes and said morals and ethics have become more of a focus. the pope is in madrid for a week long festival. a british hedge fund is proving twitter can help you with the stock market, they've been basing it on formulas developed last year that gauge what the dow will do by counting the number of tweets. including meegsally charged words as alerlt, happy, and vital. researchers claim the formulas have an 88% accuracy rate. the dow is off by 13%, the hedge fund sup by about 2%.
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>> and coming up next, a warning about the teeth whiteners becoming so popular. >> what you can do when you get too much of a good thing.
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some advice about those popular products that promise to whiten your teeth and a warning about how much whitening is too much.
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>> americans now spend estimated $1.5 billion per year on over the counter teeth whitening products but dentists warn it can cause problems. the common, sensitive teeth and gum autos sensitive to cold and hot, and sensitive to the bleaching agent. >> some people, the products are too strong. they can make gums irritated. and they can turn red, and they can turn puffy. >> another warning sign, your teeth may become translucent. or worse. >> it gets very blue. and it's not very attractive. >> dentists say damage is rarely permanent, but can take up to a year to clear up. experts recommend waiting six months between treatments to avoid overbleaching. and one other piece of advice, dentists say sticking with name brands is a good idea since they vary in strength and formula. >> good to know. coming up a computer chip that can think like a human brain.
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>> and stuffed and unstrung. an adults only performance of a grown up version of the muppets.
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computers just one step closer to thinking the way people do. researchers unveiled a chip they say is modeled after the human brain. abc 7 has the first look at it. >> you imagine a computer that can be taught in the same way as your teaching of a dog. >> this computer scientist may call this a brain child. >> we've produced in working silicone, a tiny chip that encompasses the core elements of the brain. >> he said it's the missing piece to the puzzle of modern computing. computers have been good at crunching numbers and following orders like the left side of the brain, but not so good at recognizing patterns or making predictions like the right side of the brain, until now. researchers called this a brain wall. everyone of the yellow boxes represents a chip. and each white dot represents
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a neuron inside of the chip. as the ball moves, neurons, here, see the ball, researcher john arthur showed how the chip can play the video game pong just by looking at the screen. >> the chip on this board is actually controlling the paddle. >> it's like a usb port? >> exactly. >> they've trained it to read hand written numbers and predict which you're drawing. >> now, it thinks a seven. >> it's a runny nose i'm drawing a five. >> technology is in infancy, but april politics could be far reaching. everything from detecting threats to sniffing out rotten food. now, a team of 100 people has proven it can work. >> our fundamental perspective has changed from what if, to what now. >> in san jose, abc 7 news. >> and most of us grew up with the muppets and sesame street gang. now, the family of the creator
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is putting on an adult puppet show, on stage. don sanchez says stuffed and unstrung is puppets behaving badly. >> they sure look like part of the muppet family. they should. it's the muppets gone adult. a show from jim henceon's son, brian. >> we're getting to do a show like is kind of like what my dad and his friends did when cameras weren't rolling. >> it means it's unpredictable and yes, adult. the puppeteers are comedian and the show is all improv with the audience. there are 80 puppets stand big to appear in the show. >> every night, any puppet can pick up any puppet and give it a different personality. >> it's like going on a set of
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a tv show, or watching it on a video screen like at home. the puppet technique plays to a tv camera. >> we're watching what the camera is seeing. that is the way we work the puppet. we just think about what we see on the tv screen. >> this is the first time they've appeared together. >> what is done with this show is we've mixed them together. so they all have a henceon look to them. they come from our sensibility but come from eight or 10 different tv shows. the show is never mean, but it is quite adult. it's uncensored but not mean. >> the late, late shows are adults only and stuffed and unstrung plays for two weeks.
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>> that looks incredible. if you missed the 4:00 edition of abc 7 news, don reviewed the new "conan the barbarian" movie. and this r-rated film with a race to save the world. don says you might want to save your money. he says the movie is primitive and loud and filled with, he says, dorky dialogue. he gives it a measly quarter of a bucket. >> oh, my goodness. we won't say about the censor. >> it's not in the category of "citizen kane". >> no. >> and there is our sutro camera watching the cooling marine layer rolling inland from the coast. and we have cooler weather coming our way. tropics are active to our south.
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hurricane greg down moving away from land areas but tropical storm fernanda is moving towards hawaii expected to move south of the hawaiian islands over the weekend if it stays on this path. it's expected to weaken as well. back to the bay area tomorrow, looking for our cooling trend to continue. and there are temperatures well below average. upper 50s on the coast. there is two days of rather cool weather, then, temperatures starting to rebound on sunday. and by mid week, we'll be back in a more seasonal range. highs around 90 and up to about 80 degrees around the bay. this will warm up. >> thank you. >> you said it's warm in contra costa now. huh? >> perfect weather for hot summer nights in danville. caravan of souped up rides paraded this afternoon. and cars you may have had as a teenager or a car you wish you
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had. the event features 500 hot rods and runs until 10:00 tonight. >> perfect for it tonight. >> and the raiders get ready to take on their cross-bay rivals. >> and if you're name is luck, maybe it's not such a curse to be on the "sports illustrated" cover.
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join me tonight at 9:00, fighting crime with fewer officer autos crime is not random. >> is this a hot spot? >> how police are using computer modeling to predict where and when crimes are likely to occur and thieves are tracking the price of gold. the crime wave hitting one bay area community is coming up later this evening. >> time for sports. >> yes. >> giants. >> oh, yeah. >> not doing well here. given injuries, they've got model goals now. like survival. giants hoping to win back to back games for the first time in three weeks. lincecum with the best road era, three pitch strikeouts z the counter part, mike minor,
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nine ks in six innings, and minor had help from his friends. pablo sandoval thinks the foul ball is going find it. then, lunging and snagging the catch. lincecum wants it back. 5th inning. fast call up to chipper jones, this is what chipper does. that is all the braves needed. craig kimble strikes out aubrey hough. and on to football. raiders getting set for battle of the bay, squaring would have 49ers, and saturday night at candle stick. raiders dealing with a whole bunch of injuries to their starters, corner back had surgery, receiver louis murphy is out. so is darren mcfadden, ak nolging they have been banged up but said he'll never use that as an excuse. >> this is a time of the year things are going to happen.
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i think everybody is having similar issues, i think the differences, ours have been with top-line players. that is going to happen. you know? i'd rather it happen now than happen later. >> on to college football. we know this about stanford's andrew luck is unflapable on the field and now, off the field when dealing with the media. no hesitation when asked about the "sports illustrated" cover jinx. there he s second from left. and adorning the cover this week. >> bother me? no. it's good for the stand ford program if players are getting that type of circulation. so, no. it doesn't bother me. >> he was going to be the biggest fight in robert gurero's career. the boxer from gilroy had to pull out of his wba title fight with marcos nadona. scheduled to take place august
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27th, just over a week. he injured his left shoulder in big bear. the fear is a possible torn rotator cuff. if the injury is not that bad, the fight could be rescheduled, soon. and on to golf with the four majors all in the books. pga tour turns focus to the chase to the fed yechl cup. there is 565 for. there is a seven under 63 tied with jeff quinny. a goodwill tour ended in a brawl at georgetown basketball team is visiting zbints fight it out in bejing this, video and they were playing a chinese pro team. the game tense from the outset. and the brawl erupted one way a player got hit by a chair. the coach pulled his team off the court in the 4th quarter,
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so much for goodwill. >> oh, yikes. >> not good sportsmanship. >> not at all. >> that does it for this edition of abc 7 news. >> and for dan, larry and spencer and the entire abc 7 news team, thanks for joining us. >> good night, everyone. captioned by closed captioning services, inc. a good night's sleep. woman: which means a little heat to keep us warm. and a good dose of support for my back. some over-the-top comfort couldn't hurt. and our perfect dream factory's been built. you're feeling sleepy already? nighty-night. [giggling]
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this is the "jeopardy!" teen tournament! please welcome today's contestants-- a sophomore from clarendon hills, illinois... a junior from lexington, kentucky... and a junior from north canton, ohio... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- alex trebek! thank you, johnny gilbert, and welcome, ladies and gentlemen. north canton, ohio-- i visited there many-- oh, gosh. i don't en want to tell you how long ago it was, cosi. idrees and lindsey, welcome aboard. pick up those signaling devices, because you're going to work right now in the jeopardy! round. this is the fourth of our quarter-final matches, and here are the categories...

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